Topic: Unalias "seff -> slowfag"

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

sdrawkcaB

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The bulk update request #2166 is active.

remove alias slowfag (0) -> seff (0)

Reason: Note: This is my first BUR, so be kind to me if there are any errors!

I want to move all posts in seff to slowfag (which is currently aliased slowfag -> seff) so I can alias seff to my newly created disambiguation page seff_(disambiguation) in a future BUR.

EDIT: The bulk update request #2166 (forum #329612) has been approved by @Rainbow_Dash.

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Clawstripe

Janitor

sdrawkcab said:
The bulk update request #2166 is active.

remove alias slowfag (0) -> seff (0)

Reason: ...I want to move all posts in seff to slowfag (which is currently aliased slowfag -> seff) so I can alias seff to my newly created disambiguation page seff_(disambiguation).

You're going to have to do all this over three BURs as the second and third lines can't happen until the first is carried out and the third can't happen until the second is done. There's no guarantee the tags will update in the order presented in the BUR so they must be split up.

You'll need to remove the second and third lines from this BUR (adding a note of them in the Reason field for when the revised BUR is approved). Once the BUR goes through, a second BUR using the current second line will then have to be attached to this thread. Once that is approved, repeat with the current third line.

sdrawkcaB

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lonelylupine said:
I'm having trouble understanding why you want to do the mass update.

After the unalias I want to move all posts in seff to slowfag.

Edit: Oh, now I understand what you meant. I don't know the difference between "mass update" and "update". I scanned through the list of existing BURs and copy-pasted the only "update" I could find, and it was a "mass update".

clawstripe said:
You're going to have to do all this over three BURs as the second and third lines can't happen until the first is carried out and the third can't happen until the second is done. There's no guarantee the tags will update in the order presented in the BUR so they must be split up.

You'll need to remove the second and third lines from this BUR (adding a note of them in the Reason field for when the revised BUR is approved). Once the BUR goes through, a second BUR using the current second line will then have to be attached to this thread. Once that is approved, repeat with the current third line.

Alright, I'll try doing that. Thanks!

Watsit

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The purpose of a _(disambiguation) tag is when a tag could refer to multiple separate things. If everything under seff should be moved to slowfag, that doesn't indicate the tag is ambiguous, so you can just alias seff to slowfag. Or if seff is ambiguous, it's not a good idea to change/update all current uses to slowfag since that will cause posts to be tagged slowfag that shouldn't be. The only time an update and an alias to a separate disambiguation is appropriate is when someone went through and cleared out incorrect uses, but it's expected more incorrect uses will occur in the future (which does put the BUR on a time limit).

SNPtheCat

Member

Seff and Seff_(character) should be disambiguated, but I disagree with reversing the alias to slowfag. The only places where the artist is called Slowfag is furaffinity and sofurry . The former is infamous for not being able to change names, the latter was called a third tier account by Seff and does not receive many posts.

Their inkbunny, weasyl, patreon, and e621 account are all called Seff.

My proposal: Alias slowfag to seff_(artist), mass update seff to seff_(artist), mass update seff_(character) to seff_(seff), alias seff_(character) and seff to seff_(disambiguation)

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